Family Says Hacked Nest Cam Terrorized Them With Fake Ballistic Missile Alert
A California family said they got the scare of a lifetime this past weekend when their smart security cameras began falsely warning of three...
Google Should Force Better Security on Nest Users
It took a growing mountain of home hacking horror stories going viral, but Google on Wednesday finally took action by telling their customers to...
Best home security camera: Keep an eye on the home front
Whether you rent or own, you want the best security camera system for keeping an eye on your home while you’re gone. That used...
Sleep Easy with These 5 Smart Baby Monitors
Along with bundles of diapers, gallons of milk and the ubiquitous baby stroller, a smart baby monitor should go next on your shopping list.
Well,...
Remo+ RemoBell S video doorbell review: This one’s priced to sell, but the app...
Remo+ had an innovative take on front-door surveillance with its over-the-door DoorCam, so we were intrigued to find out how the company would approach...
Make Your Smart Home Secure
In this piece, we will teach you how to make your smart home secure. Smart home security can be considered across more categories than...
Array by Hampton smart deadbolt review: It solves the battery problem, but falls short...
Smart deadbolts eat batteries for breakfast. I know, because I have five of them installed on various entry doors in my own smart home,...
Ring Smart Lighting: How It’s The Core Security for Your House
Ring is a smart home security specialist as you probably already know.
At CES 2019, Ring made an announcement that escaped notice among all the...
Ecobee appears to be quietly making its first video camera
Maybe the company known for its smart thermostats isn’t just a smart thermostat company. In newly leaked photos obtained by Dave Zatz...
Best smart lock for a keyless home
The first locks date back more than a thousand years, and while traditional lock-and-key systems have improved over time, the basic mechanism hasn’t really...
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The Script
Regular reader will know about the script that Aidan Ruff and I originally developed to put Node-Red and several other packages onto the Raspberry...
Samsung is Building Homes with IoT in Mind
Microsoft has one, Intel has one, and now Samsung has built theirs. These companies are all building their own show home demonstrating the possibilities...
Getting started: Playing short audio clips & composing speech responses in your Cortana Skill
In this blog post we will see how Cortana skills can play short audio clips and compose the Text-to-Speech(TTS) responses that Cortana speaks on...
